EAST RIDING: A caravan park is seeking permission to move its site to avoid becoming the victim of coastal erosion. Sandy Beaches Caravan Park Ltd, based in Kilnsea, near Withernsea, has submitted a coping opinion, which is a precursor to a planning application.

The owners want to move the park away from the current site, which could be hit by coastal erosion within the next 100 years, to a location between Easington Road and North Marsh Road. East Yorkshire has some of the fastest eroding coastline in the world.

In a covering letter, the park's agent Willis and Co, says: "The existing caravan site has been established for many years. This part of the coastline is eroding and the council has adopted a roll back policy in respect of caravan parks at risk from coastal erosion."The application proposes a new park, away from the area at risk of coastal erosion over the next 100 years.

It adds: "The new park will be developed in phases and the existing park will be removed and the land restored."

A planning application is likely to be submitted to East Riding Council at a later date.